THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULI, MARCH, 1866.
VOL. 35.
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J ■\ \ j ififis 3 and quality we sell here for little money. Years of business &£gjA j p
IPIIPH UJ \ lias convinced us of two things—that we can make the most & £g!£r\ l|
'I \jl_i '>• < money by being perfectly honest, and that almost every smok- / Sj /W /J$ :
11l *er has a different pipe taste. The pipes we have —well, there Jm JH Mi
|jj < are long pipes, short pipes and pipes so twisted that /M J»> '
[jjjl " )it would take you a month to unravel them. Pi ir r in i nil 1 l''*T -,L Iff
jjj| } too —but there are none of them long—none of them twisted, ar Jf p,
[I Youcan carry it inyourhands,onyour shoul- i TO. 1^
*j der, in your pocket or on yourbicycle. < Vw JJr
j] Yo " u f; e r^t the button *" d tl,e Kodak wi " y HARRY S. LLOYD. p
Uncle Sam's Rapid Expansion.
Has Been at the Kate of Thirty Acres
a Minute for a Century.
The expansion of the territory of the
United States during the 117 years that
have ©lapsed since Great Britian, by
the treaty of 1783, recognized our sov
ereignty over he land we claimed
uorth of the t-panish and east of the
French possessions, has been at the 1
rate of thirty acres of land for each
minute, says the New York Herald. 1
Our 3,000,000 of inhabitants started in
1783 with 558,679,360 acres of land, which ,
satisfied them for twenty years. Then
in 1803, under an agreement with
France, they consumated the Lousiana
purchase, and more than doubled our
territory by adding to it the 745,103,360
acres that reach from the Mississippi to
the Pacific, including the mighty ex
pause of plain and mountain that falls I
into prairie slopes, dropping to the
great river, extending from Canada to
the northern lines of California, Ne- 1
vada, Utah, embracing nearly all of
Colorado and including parts of Kan-.
sas and the Indian Territory.
Sixteen years passed, and in 1819 '
wo received Florida from Spain. It j
included what are now southern por- ;
tions of Alabama and Mississippi, and !
added to the Union *15,719,680 acres.
Then, in 1845, came the annexation of
Texas, with 170,247,040 acres. Three
years afterwards we had the Mexican
cession of 460,563,840 acres, that gave
us the rich state of California, Utah,
New Mexico, Arizona, and parts of
Colorada, Kansas and Oklahoma.
To all of this was added Alaska, in
1867, with its 383,646,720 aores, and on
top of this, more recently, came the
Philippines, Puerto Rico,Tutulia, Guam
and Hawaii—partly as a result of tho
Spanish war—adding 98,492,160 acres.
All of these make 1,903,772,800 acres
after the treaty of 1783. Since then
there have been 61,495,200 minutes,
which, divided into the numberof acres
gives thirty and a large fraction of an
acre for each minute. During those
117 years tho population of the expand
ing territory has grown from 3,000,000
to 84,522,029 which is an increase of
four inhabitants for each three minutes.
...
How it Works.
Truly there is nothing new under the
sun. They had the same kind of peo
ple and the same kind of business men
in the days of Kiug Solomon that we
have to-day. They had the hustler
who let every body know what he was
doing and when he had bargains for
the people he scattered news of them
over the entire land, and it increased
his profits and helped him grow fat.
Then, again, they had the drone who
bought a stock of goods, that he must
have been ashamed of, and shut him
self up in his store and with-held all
knowledge from the public of what he
had for sale, and he grew poorer and
more poverty stricken every day. And
the wise old King saw the way things
worked and proclaimed to his people
the benefits of judicious advertising in
the following:
Prov. 11; 24, ?5: "There is that scat
tereth and yet increaseth; and there is
that withholdeth more than is meet,
but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal
soul shall be made fat: and he that wat
ereth shall be watered also himself.
What "We" Means.
Somebody has explained the signifi
cance of the editorial "we." It may
have a variety of meanings. For ex
ample, when you read "We expect our
wife home to-day," "we" refers to the
editor; "We are a little late with our
j work" includes the whole office force,
(even the devil and the towel; in "We
are having a boom," the town is meant;
"We received over 100,000 emigrants
last year," embraces the nation; but
"We have hog cholera in our midst"
means that the man who takes our pa
per and does not pay for it is ill.—Wall
I Lake (la.) Blade.
J No ÜBO looking elsewhere for a sup-
I ply of clothing when you can not possi
| bly do any better than to deal with N
Seger.
"Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß.
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, .JANUARY 10,1001.
Emporium School Board.
Stated meeting of Emporium School
Board met at City Hall, Jan. 7th, 1901.
Present: Messrs. L. K. Huntington,
T. F. Moore, F. P. Rentz, B. Egan, W.
S. Walker. Absent: J. D. Marshall.
Minutes of last stated and special
meetings read and approved.
The following bills were ordered
paid:
Tuning pianos, (Baker), t 5 00
Roberts & Meek, stationery 21 00
Houghton. Mifflin & Co., books; 10 92
American Hook Co., books, 15 36
Milton, Bradley & Co., Crayon, <fcc 2 03
Mrs. Oeo. Pepper, washing towels, 5 22
Freight and express, 2 10
Total, s6l 63
Moved by Mr. Egan that Olive Mal
loy be exonerated from paying tuition
while she remains in the borough.
Prof. Bastian was present and made
report for third month of school.
On motion the board adjourned.
W. S. WALKER, Sec'y.
Shippen School Board.
A regular meeting of Shippen School
Board,at new school building at Plank
Road, called to order by president.
Roll called with following members
present: Messrs. F. X. Blumle, O. S.
Peters, Chas. King, L. W. Spence, N.
A. Ostrum.
Minutes of previous meeting read
and approved.
The following committee was ap
pointed to investigate and if needed,
locate a place for new shool building
on Bryan Hill: O. S. Peters, Chas.
King and N. A. Ostrum.
Moved by Mr. King, seconded by
Mr. Peters, that following bills be
paid:
W. R. Johnson, conveying children,... $27 36
Jacob Andrews, cleaning yard and
stove pipe at Truman,— 1 50
Harry Lloyd, supplies, 21 63
I. K. Hockley, wood, coal, etc 85 74
On motion *he Board adjourned.
N. A. OSTRUM, Secy.
D. E. Olmsted Dead.
The sudden death of Daniel E. Olm
sted, at Williamsport, was reported at
his old home here on Saturday last,
Dec. 29th, 1900.
He was stricken down suddenly by
paralysis of the heart while on the
street about two o'clock Saturday af
ternoon and was carried to his home
on East Third street, where he seemed
to recover from the attack, but was
stricken again almost immediately af
ter arriving at the house and expired
before medical aid could be summoned.
Deceased was born in Masonville,
Delaware county, N. Y., May 30, 1832,
and came to Coudersport in 1853 where
he was engaged in the mercantile busi
ness till 1868 when he moved to New
York city. He has resided in Williams
port since about 1873 where he owned
a store, also one at Emporium. He
joined the Methodist church while liv
ing in New York in 1871.
A widow, Lydia (Cushing) Olmsted,
and two daughters, Mrs. Estelle Crea
ger of Galena, Kan., and Miss Marion,
are left to mourn the loss of the de
parted. The remains were brought
here for burial to-day, (Wednesday),
funeral services by Rev. Rogers, at the
home of Henry Olmsted, brother ofthe
deceased, at 2:30 p. m. Interment was
made in Eulalia cemetery, where are 1
now gathered, to await the resurrection
morn, so many of the pioneers of this
town, who came here while the cocity
was new and rough and helped to
transform it into a prosperous, en
lightened community. They rest from
their labors, and the memory of their
deeds remain with sorrowing survivors,
who now tender sympathy to the be
reaved members ofthe family of Dauiel
E. Olmsted.—Coudersport Journal.
Mr. D. E. Olmsted, since 1873, con
ducted a dry goods store at this place,
at the time of his death said establish
ment being managed by our good
friend Thos. Trotter. Deceased was a
brother of our respected townsman H.
C. Olmsted, who attended his funeral
at their old home.
SIOO Reward.
§IOO reward will be paid for informa- j
tion that will lead to the arrest and
conviction of person or persons who I
furnished intoxicatingdrinks to George
Howard on Monday night, Dec. 31st,
1900. JOSIAH HOWARD. [
OUR CITY FATHERS OPEN
ANOTHER CENTURY.
The People to Vote on Question ol Increasing;
Debt ol Borough (or Elactric Light Plant.
Regular meeting Borough Council,
Jan. 7th, 1901.
Present: Messrs. Schweikart, How
ard, Catlin, Burke, Lloyd, Murry.
Absent: Messrs. Strayer, Sliafer and
Murphy.
In absence of Mr. Strayer, Mr. How
ard occupied the Chair.
Minutes of last meeting read and ap
proved.
Moved by Mr. Catlin, seconded by
Mr. Murry, that a committee of three
be appointed by the Chair with power
to take such action as may be necessary
in the settlement of claim of Mrs. Eli
zabeth Watts. The amount to be
agreed upon for settlement not to ex
ceed S2OC. Carried.
Messrs. Strayer, Burke and Schwei
kart were appointed as committee.
The committees on damages, East and
Middle wards, continued.
The reportof the committee on street
lights was received recommending that
street lights like one now being tested,
made by the Best Street Light Co., be
adopted.
On motion the following bills were
ordered paid, being the bills read except
the bill of St. Marys Gas Co :
Hamtlton Hose Co., drying hose $ 2 00
E. Q. Strait, do do 2 00
J. D. Marshall, reparing lockup, 1 00
S. J. Hacket, supplies, 145
Frank Babcock, work on streets, 45
Larry Smifh, do do 30
Thos. Cavanaugb, do do 217
Emmet Morreai, do do 307
Eldon Lewis, do do 3 00
David Hayes, do do 125
P. O. Yonkers, repairs, etc., 4 66
W. F. Lloyd, freight, 29 55
G. 8. Allen. Insurauce 2100
W. 8. Walker, Treasurer, Whittemore
Hill road, 100 00
L. N. Patterson & Co., sewer pipe 167 70
S. S. Hacket, invoice lumber, 9 51
Treasurer's report was read and or
dered on file.
Moved by Mr. Catlin, seconded by
Mr. Schweikart, that Borough Attorney
be instructed to draft a resolution call
ing for a vote of the people on the
question of increasing the borough
debt $7,000 for the purpose of putting
in an electric light plant. The ayes
and nays were called and following
vote taken:
Ayes—Messrs. Schweikart, Catlin,
Burke, Lloyd.
Nays—Messrs. Howard, Murry. Mr.
Howard changed his vote to aye, and
the motion was declared carried.
Moved by Mr. Catlin, seconded by
Mr. Schweikart, that when council ad
journ, it shall bo to meet Wednesday
night, at 7 o'clock. Carried.
Moved by Mr. Burke, seconded by
Mr. Murry, that a committee be ap
pointed to chauge certain sections of
ordinance No. 32 and make report to
council. Carried.
Messrs. Burke, Murry and Lloyd, ap- j
pointed as committee.
Moved by Mr. Lloyd, seconded by
Mr. Schweikart, that secretary be in
structed to have deed for lot adjoining
city hall recorded. Carried.
Moved by Mr. Catlin, seconded by
Mr. Schweikart, that the secretary be .
instructed to place in the hands of the
High Constable for service on L. E. |
Speclif, a notice to rebuild his sidewalk i
in front of his property in Emporium j
borough, within 20 days after service of |
said notice, or the said walk would be j
rebuilt by tho borough of Emporium, j
without further notice, and 20 per cent, j
would be added to the cost thereof j
which cost of rebuilding and the said j
20 per cent, additional would be charg- j
ed to and collected from his estate. !
The location of the said property being \
on the southerly side of Fourth street. I
Carried.
On motion the council then adjourn
ed to meet Jan. 9th, at 7 o'clock, p. m.
C. JAY GOODNOUGH, Sec'y.
Adjourned meeting Borough Coun
cil, Jan. 9, 1901.
Present:—Messrs. Howard, Shafer,
| Catlin, Murphy, Schweikart, Murry,
j Lloyd, Strayer. Absent Mr. Burke.
President Strayer being ill, Mr.
| Howard, upon motion, duly carried,
| occupied the chair.
Moved by Mr. Catlin, seconded by
I (Continued on 4th page.)
Who Are They ?
Squire Frank T.Quiggle,who has had
charge of the hotel at Keating for
several years, has sold his interest in
that hostelry to Emporium gentlemen,
and will remove to Beech Creek.—
Lock Haven Democrat.
Early Closing.
The merchants of Emporium have
agreed to close their places of business
at 8 o'clock, p. m., except Saturday
evenings, to take effect at once. It is
the right move. Our merchants, who
remain in the stores until 10 o'clock
have no time for social enjoyment
either at home or in society. Other
towns have adopted the plan and it
works well.
Fire Department Officers.
At the annual meeting of the Empo
rium fire department, held at City Hall,
Tuesday evening, the following were
elected for the ensuing year: Chief,
A. F. Vogt; Ass't Chief, J. B. Hayes;
Secretary and Treasurer, Josiah How
ard. The Emporium department, one
of the best volunteer departments in
the State, is in excellent working shape
and hopes to make the district conven
tion, to be held at Emporium, a great
success.
Party Rules.
The committee appointed by the last
Republican County Convention to re
vise the party rules of this county,
will meet in the near future.
All Republicans having suggestions to
make should do so at once. Send all
communications to the chairman of
the committee, or to any of the other
members of the committee. The com
mittee is composed of the following
Republicans: C. F. Barclay, 11. H.
Mullin and J. W. Kaye.
Charitable Act.
On Tuesday one of Emporium's good
clergymen met two children, of poor
parents, upon Fourth street and no
ticed that they were thinly clad and
almost shoeless. The Rev. gentleman
made inquiries and ascertained the
facts when he took them to A. F. Vogt's
and instructed that they be furnished
with good warm shoes. Out of respect
to the extreme modesty of our friend,
who has no children of his own, we re
frain from mentioning his name in
connection with this charitable act.
hustling for the Bulletin.
James P.Melick and R. Luke Greevy,
of Williamsport, are hustling for the
Williamsport Gazette and Bulletin and
calling on the citizens of this county.
The Bulletin for 1901 will take on a
wide field of expansion. New and en
larged facilities have been added for
better serving its readers, and several
up-to-date men placed upon its editor
ial, local and reportorial force. The
Bulletin, for an inland daily, is an ex
cellent paper and serves its readers
several hours ahead of the city papers,
giving full telegraphic and local news,
and has become a general favorite in
this section of the state. Brother O.
S. Brown, we are pleased to learn, re
mains at the helm, where he has for so
many years directed the ship over the
rough places and through the big
storms—coming out on top, waving
the flag of true Republicanism and that
great American principle, the right of
the majority to rule. May the Bulle
tin live long and never desert those
grand principles,
In an article on Quay's probable re
turn to the United States Senate, the
Washington Post, an independent
Democratic paper, said on Saturday:
"We trust that Mr. Quay's line will be
found unbroken nine days hence. We
cherish this feeling because we see in
him the perfect type of the politician
called for by our institutions. He is a
party man, an advocate of party organ
ization, an exemplar of the only meth
ods through which the popular will can
be faithfully expressed. He is honest,
he keeps faith with his coadjutors, his
word is inviolable, and he depends on
;no man for his courage. In there
! election of Mr. Quay we perceive a
; rebuke to the traitorous cabals in the
! western part of Pennsylvania and to
the hypocritical and mean contrivances
lin the eastern. It will make for whole
someness and political integrity. It
! will punish false witness and low de
ceit. May this consummation bo
achieved. And let no one permit him
j self to credit the ridiculous stories that
I Mr. Quay intends to resign immediate
j ly upon his election by the Pennsylva
< nia Legislature. He is not pleading
for vindication as against charges which
have already been exposed as false and
! wicked. He makes no appeal to pity
ior compassion. If elected, he will
serve his term, and he will bring to the
service of his party and his State a
stalwart loyalty and a commanding
influence."
TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE.
WEATHER REPORT.
(Forecast by T. B. Lloyd.t
FRIDAY, Partly cloudy; light rain or snow.
SATURDAY, Fair.
SUNDAY, Fair.
Hamilton Hose Co. Ball.
Hamilton Hose Company No. 3, are
perfecting arrangements for their tenth
annual ball and supper to be held Mon
day evening, Feb. 18th, 1901. Good
music has been engaged.
Rural Hail Delivery.
Postmaster Charles Seger informs
the PRESS that he has received instruc
tions from the department to inaugu
rate the free delivery in Shippen
township, to commence on Friday,
Feb. Ist. This service will be of great
benefit to the citizens of that township.
The carriers are B. L. Spence, D. N.
Chandler, with John R. Heilman, su!>-
stitute.
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Post Office Department.
First Assistant Postmaster General.
Office of Superintendent, Free Deliv
ery System.
WASHINGTON, Jany. Bth, 1901.
HON. J. C. SIBLEY, M. C.,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D. C.,
Dear Sir:—
I take pleasure in informing you that
in accordance with your request Rural
Free Delivery Service has this day been
ordered established from Emporium,
Cameron County, Pennsylvania, with
two carriers, to commence on Friday,
February Ist, 1901.
Very Respectfully,
W. M. JOHNSON,
First Ass't Postmaster Gen'l.
A Daring Feat.
A Sinnamahoning correspondent
sent the following to the Philadelphia
North American: "Leaning over a
yawning chasm, holding fast by one
arm, while she operated a camera with
the other hand, Miss Minnie Van Lew
photographed the Sinnamahoning Pe
destrians' Club, as its members posed
on the dizzy heights of the big rock on
the Allegheny Mountains a few days
ago. A slip and she would have plung
ed to death, 1100 feet below. Miss
Van Lew is a resident ot Seattle, Wash
ington.
The club, of which Miss Van Lew is
an honorary member, is made up of
energetic young women of this quiet
town, with whom mountain climbing
is a favorite pastime. No peak of the
Alleghenies is too difficult of access for
them. One of their favorite haunts is
known as Big Rock, a large crag 11CO
feet high, a perpendicular wall, over
looking the Sinnamahoning Valley.
Nine out of every ten men who attempt
the ascent quit discouraged. The
young man who cannot scale this beet
ling cliff' with them is looked upon as
unworthy of their companionship, and
finds himself quickly outside their cir
cle of friends.
There is no other point on the big
rock at which the club photograph
could be taken than the one shown in
the picture, and Miss Van Lew volun
teered to take it.
BRIEF HENTION.
Read Cramer's new "ad" this week.
Almost every home in Emporium is
invaded by that demon la grippe.
The United States Senate yesterday
voted to abolish the army canteen, by
a vote of 34 to 15.
A number of Emporium Masons vis
ited Port Allegany yesterday to assist
in Chapter work.
The Williamsport News Annual for
1901 is a volume of great credit and
certainly will be found invaluable for
reference.
2,000,000 freight cars passed over the
middle division of the Pennsylvania
railroad during the year 1900. How is
that for calamity?
That old Republican standby, the
Smethport Miner, last week entered
upon its 38th year. Brother Backus
gets up a good paper and ably main
tains the record of that popular sheet.
Fusion has received its death blow
■ and the will of the majority, the great
j American principle, will be ratified at
| Harrisburg on the 15th, when that
; stalwart son of Pennsylvania, Matthew
! Stanley Quay, will be given the certifi.
cate as senior Senator from the old
| Keystone.
Shippen Republican Candidates.
The following candidates have filed
their names and paid the fee as candi
| dates for office, to be voted for at the
j Shippen Republican primaries. No
j names will be entered upon the ticket
1 unless fee is paid in advance:
Frank Sweesey, Supervisor,
j A. Cheesbro, Supervisor.
If you want to Borrow money,
If you want to Buy Anything,—
1 Advertise in the PRESS
NO. 46.